Global economic history
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Robert C. Allen
Series: Very short introductions -- 282; Very short introductions -- 282.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780199596652
Subjects: Economic indicators; Economic history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-162) and index.
Table of contents: title: The great divergence; title: The rise of the West; title: The Industrial Revolution; title: The ascent of the rich; title: The great empires; title: The Americas; title: Africa; title: The standard model and late industrialization; title: Big Push industrialization.